ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,593, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to ZHEJIANG NOVIA KITCHENWARE Co. LTD. (Jinhua, China).
"Cooking utensil" was invented by Huacheng Hu (Jinhua, China), Chengzhou Zhang (Jinhua, China) and Jinzhi Ye (Jinhua, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking utensil comprises a pot body, a handle, and a cover body capable of covering an opening of the pot body, where the handle is arranged on a side of the pot body. A cover pressing plate capable of covering food inside the pot body is arranged, and a lifting pressure rod capable of compressing the cover pressing plate when descending is arranged on the cover body. The cooking utensil...